PandaBee founders Gustav Mehner (left) and Julien Schillinger at GDC. © PandaBee Business PandaBee Studios: From Leipzig with Love – and Rage By Pascal Wagner • 5 min read
© Nintendo Business Super Nintendo World Direct Comes Tomorrow A short Nintendo Direct without games and hardware will go online tomorrow in the morning. Topic of the ten minute showcase will be the Super Nintendo World entertainment park at Universal Studios Japan and its new Donkey Kong area. Tomorrow at 9:00 a.m., a short Nintendo Direct will By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Czech & Slovak Games Week Business Czech & Slovak Games Week Kicks Off With Showcase This Evening The fifth Czech & Slovak Games Week starts today, with a digital showcase presenting games from both European countries. Together with partners, the Czech Game Developers Association (GDACZ) and the Slovak Game Developers Association (SGDA) are organising the fifth Czech & Slovak Games Week, a celebration of games from the By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
The Pachinko business, here the 2023 hit Smart Pachislot Hokuto No Ken, stabilised Sega's business this half year. © Sega Sammy Business Sega Posts Losses in Game Business, but Pachinko Stabilises the Company Correcting their expectations down by around 20 per cent for the rest of the fiscal year, Sega has suffered losses in the gaming department since 2023, not least because of the sales of Amplitude and Relic. The Pachinko gambling business however manages to stabilise the company's half year By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Humankind, now back in independent hands. © Amplitude Business Amplitude Studios Buys Itself Out of Sega Europe The French studio Amplitude, makers of the Endless saga and other strategy games, has bought itself back from Sega Europe. It had been acquired in 2016. Sega has thus given up two strategy game studios this year. Amplitude Studios, French studio and makers of the Endless series and other strategy By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Jarrod Yahes, former CFO of Shutterstock, joins Unity as CFO from January 2025 onward. © Unity Business Unity Hires Jarrod Yahes as New CFO Unity continues to hire for the management team: Jarrod Yahes, former CFO of Shutterstock, joins the engine maker as CFO from January 2025 onward. Unity is continuing its ongoing restructuring with a new face in the management suite: Jarrod Yahes will join as SVP and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) from By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
from left: Wolfgang Koller (IWI), Reanne Leuning (Außenwirtschaft Austria), Alfred Harl (UBIT) and Martin Filipp (PGDA). © Strasnik/FV Ubit Business New Study Shows Growth and Baseline of Austrian Game Industry 71.3 per cent more game companies than 2018, a turnover of 188.7 million euros in 2023 and a massively important academic game landscape: A new study by the Austrian WKO's association for IT (UBIT) shines a spotlight on the Alpine republic's game industry. There By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
© Games Ground Business Games Ground Berlin 2024 Schedule is Online The full business schedule and exhibition programme for Games Ground Berlin 2024 are now online. More than 120 speakers will participate, with various side events, a games exhibition full of 70 titles as well as student showcases, and the conference "AI Utopia and Dystopia" of Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur. By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
Simon Little (left) and Daren Tang signing the agreement. © Video Games Europe Esports VGE and WIPO Pledge to Cooperate in Esports Video Games Europe and the World Intellectual Property Organization have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on fostering the rights of IP holders like publishers in esports. Video Games Europe CEO, Simon Little, and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Director-General Daren Tang, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© PandaBee Products tilt frog With tilt frog, PandaBee Studios from Leipzig enter the commercial gaming market. While their next game Endzeit is already public thanks to the funding it received, with the rage game platformer tilt frog, the young studio wants to capture streamers and sidescroller enthusiasts alike. Rage games are all the… rage. By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
Luciana Viganò is the new Interim President of the Swiss Game Developers Association © SGDA Business Luciana Viganò New Interim President of the Swiss Game Developers Association Since September 3, Luciana Viganò has taken over from former president Alice Ruppert as interim president of the Swiss Game Developers Association (SGDA). Viganò has been a board member since April 2024. A leadership change in Switzerland: Since September 3, Luciana Viganò has taken over from former president Alice Ruppert By Pascal Wagner • 1 min read
© Nintendo Products Mario & Luigi: Brothership The newest Nintendo RPG Mario & Luigi: Brothership is the first native Switch title of the series. At the same time, it falls into a strong year for Mario RPG remakes of various series. Fans of the Super Mario RPG games had a good run on Nintendo Switch in recent By Pascal Wagner • 2 min read
